Al-Qaida fighter possible witness at NYC trial
NEW YORK -- An American-born jihadist who joined al-Qaeda could testify for the government in the upcoming trial of a man accused in a plot to bomb New York City subways.
Bryant Neal Vinas
...who has been singing like a bird about all the little friends he made while indulging in jihad... | is listed as a potential witness at the trial of Adis Madunjanin. Opening statements are set for Monday in federal court in Brooklyn.
Medunjanin has pleaded not guilty
"Wudn't me."
to charges he conspired with two childhood friends from Queens to suicide bomb Manhattan subway lines in 2009. Prosecutors say the three had gone to Pakistain together in 2008 to get terror training from al-Qaeda.
Vinas, 29, who's from Long Island, was captured in Pakistain in 2008. He isn't charged in the subway plot, but could be called to the witness stand to testify about the inner-workings of al-Qaeda.
Posted by: trailing wife 2012-04-14 |